Posted: February 5th, 2019

Business Law Assignment

Assignment 1: Good
Grocers, Inc.
The company mentioned herein is merely a hypothetical
organization with characteristics developed to enable students to respond to
the assignment. You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed
for the completion of this assignment.
After Good Grocers, Inc. expanded its organic produce
section and adopted a “buy local” policy, sales increased. The Virginia-based
chain expanded its retail locations from seven to twelve (7 to 12) over the
last three (3) years.
As the Assistant Human Resources Get research paper samples and course-specific study resources under   homework for you course hero writing service – Manage r, your job is to
advise store managers about legal and personnel matters. The leadership at Good
Grocers, Inc. considers you to be a legally astute manager, who consults with
the corporation’s attorney, as necessary. The corporation’s leadership has
tasked you with managing two (2) situations have come across your desk. Please
respond with support that is backed by the law.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper which addresses the
two (2) situations from two (2) store managers.
Situation 1
Last week, my produce manager reported the following
incident:
As I came out from the bakery, I saw a woman lying on the
floor of the produce department. Her husband started yelling at me, saying,
“She slipped on a banana peel and fell. My wife is the anchorwoman for NEWSNOW,
and we are going to sue you!”
She didn’t look hurt, but I called 911 and filed an incident
report that contained the facts of the situation. When viewing the area, I did,
in fact, see a banana peel on the floor, but it was still yellow and lying on
top of a ribbed rubber mat. The woman in question was wearing five-inch high
heels. But I wasn’t sure what to say, other than the woman would be hearing
from us.
1. Explain whether this situation is best handled by
litigation or by a particular form of alternative dispute resolution.
2. Based on how you would handle this situation, either
through litigation or a particular form of alternative dispute resolution,
outline the key next steps involved in seeking a resolution. Justify your
response.
Situation 2
Last week, my bakery manager was short an employee over
Mother’s Day weekend when the bakery is always busy. To make up for being
shorthanded, the bakery manager called in Ms. Greene, an independent
contractor. Generally, Ms. Greene comes in on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
nights between 6 to 9 p.m. just to decorate cakes; she has her own bakery
business. We furnish all of her equipment, and we pay her by the cake.
Ms. Greene worked eight (8) hours on Saturday and another
eight (8) hours on Sunday over Mother’s Day weekend. We paid her $15.00 per
hour. On the following Monday when Ms. Greene came in, she told me that she
wanted to receive the same benefits as the other Good Grocers part-time
employees, such as paid time off and employee discounts. Ms. Greene asserted
that she really is a part-time employee who deserves the usual employee
benefits.
3. Determine whether Ms. Greene is an independent contractor
or a part-time employee. Provide a rationale for your response.
4. Explain the reasoning supporting whether or not Ms.
Greene should receive the same benefits as part-time employees.